Tripura to apply ‘no detention policy’ in schools amid concern
December 27th, 2011 - 8:02 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 27 (IANS) Shifting from their previous stand, Tripura's Left Front government Tuesday announced that it would apply a 'no detention policy' up to the eighth standard in the ... Read more...
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Hospital to probe patient’s death by ‘rat bite’
December 24th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) Authorities at the state-run SSKM hospital Saturday ordered an enquiry into the death of a patient after he was allegedly bitten by a rat.A 53-year-old patient, ... Read more...
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Separate authority to boost tea production in India
December 15th, 2011 - 5:28 pm ICT by IANS
Kailashahar (Tripura), Dec 15 (IANS) The government would soon constitute a separate directorate under the Tea Board to boost tea production by small growers in India, Confederation of Indian Small ... Read more...
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Police baton charge injures scribes, cop suspended
December 13th, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) Two journalists were injured after being beaten up mercilessly by police trying to prevent mediapersons from entering a private nursing home where a patient had ... Read more...
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Government teams inspect fire-hit Bengal hospital
December 12th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 12 (IANS) Three days after a blaze in the city's AMRI hospital killed 93 people, a West Bengal government team Monday inspected the institution's basement to check ... Read more...
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Tripura, Mizoram may depanel AMRI Hospital
December 11th, 2011 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Aizawl, Dec 11 (IANS) The devastating fire at AMRI (Advanced Medicare and Research Institute) Hospital in Kolkata may force the Tripura and Mizoram governments to remove it from their list ... Read more...
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Apex court dismisses plea on Soumitra Sen impeachment
November 25th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition seeking the quashing of Rajya Sabha proceedings on the impeachment of Justice Soumitra Sen, then a judge of ... Read more...
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Prayag United, Mumbai FC shock rivals
November 23rd, 2011 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) Prayag United upset Mohun Bagan 3-2 while Mumbai FC ended Sporting Clube de Goa's unbeaten run with a 2-1 win in I-League matches here Wednesday.In two ... Read more...
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Tripura awarded for tele-homoeopathy
November 23rd, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS) Tripura has become the only state in eastern India to receive an international award for tele-homoeopathy, where patients in rural areas are diagnosed by doctors through ... Read more...
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Rahul to visit northeast next week
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala/Imphal, Nov 3 (IANS) Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will next week visit election bound Manipur as well as Tripura and Nagaland, ruled by non-Congress governments, party leaders said ... Read more...
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Intellectuals-Mamata honeymoon over?
October 21st, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 21 (IANS) Five months into her stint, the strains are visible between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a section of liberal intelligentsia and social activists who had ... Read more...
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Seven special police men suspended in West Bengal
October 14th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Seven India Reserve Battalion personnel, who had gone on an indefinite fast last month in camps in various parts of West Bengal against "marathon postings" ... Read more...
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Tripura mothers to receive health alerts on mobiles
September 13th, 2011 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kumarghat (Tripura), Sep 13 (IANS) Expectant and new mothers in Tripura will now receive reminders on their mobile phones for regular checkups, thanks to a new programme launched Tuesday by ... Read more...
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Probe into north Bengal’s development under Left: Minister
September 12th, 2011 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 12 (IANS) The West Bengal government will hold a comprehensive probe into the non-receipt of utilisation certificate for development projects worth Rs.48 crore in the northern part ... Read more...
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HIV positive patients seek action against doctor
September 5th, 2011 - 10:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Wearing black badges, around 100 HIV positive people Monday staged a demonstration outside the West Bengal health department headquarters here demanding punishment for a government doctor ... Read more...
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‘Michael’ to be premiered at Toronto fest, director nervous
September 5th, 2011 - 9:56 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Debutant director Ribhu Dasgupta, whose "Michael" is the only Hindi film selected for world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, says he feels honoured but ... Read more...
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Independent panel to examine Lalit Kala Akademi affairs
August 23rd, 2011 - 7:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) The ministry of culture has set up an independent committee to look into various matters pertaining to the Lalit Kala Akademi's constitution, including an amendment ... Read more...
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‘Paschim Banga’ invokes mixed response in Kolkata
August 19th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The West Bengal government's decision Friday to rechristen the state as 'Paschim Banga' has evoked a mixed response among the city intellectuals with a majority of ... Read more...
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‘Relax MBBS eligibility for northeast tribal students’
August 7th, 2011 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Aug 7 (IANS) The Tripura government and opposition parties have urged the central government and the Medical Council of India (MCI) to further relax eligibility criteria for admission ... Read more...
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Tripura woman plays Rs.2.5 crore fraud on Mumbaikar
July 25th, 2011 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 25 (IANS) The parents of a Tripura woman want her punished after she was jailed for allegedly cheating a senior citizen in Mumbai of over Rs.2.5 crore by ... Read more...
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‘Players’ shooting halted: Abhishek, Bipasha enjoy impromptu break
July 22nd, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) The cast of "Players" couldn't have hoped for a better gift - a monsoon holiday, thanks to Abbas-Mustan who have not been able to select ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha candidates elected unopposed in Bengal
July 16th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 15 (IANS) All the six Rajya Sabha nominees from West Bengal were elected unopposed Friday after the time for withdrawal of nomination got over, officials said.Four of them ... Read more...
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One killed, 41 injured in Tripura clash
July 11th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 11 (IANS) At least one man was killed and 41 people, including 15 policemen, were injured here Monday in a clash between police and Congress workers who were ... Read more...
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Agartala on alert over Congress’s exam disruption threat
July 9th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, July 9 (IANS) A large number of paramilitary and riot combat forces were deployed here Saturday after the opposition Congress threatened to disrupt the entrance test of a local ... Read more...
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Pritam regrets not doing Bhansali film
July 3rd, 2011 - 7:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 3 (IANS) Composer Pritam Chakraborty is upset that he couldn't do Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Rowdy Rathod", saying that the filmmaker wanted the songs urgently but it was not ... Read more...
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Now is time for item boys: Aamir
June 26th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, who has done an item number in his ready-to-release adult comedy "Delhi Belly", says the time for Bollywood item girls is ... Read more...
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Pritam wants to reopen his father’s music school
June 23rd, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) Composer Pritam Chakraborty is looking forward to re-open his father Prabodh Chakroborty's music school in West Bengal, which had to be closed due to some unfavourable ... Read more...
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Seven killed in Meghalaya accident
June 17th, 2011 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 17 (IANS) Seven people, including a minor girl, were killed and three others injured Friday when their vehicle fell into a deep gorge in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district, ... Read more...
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BJP to launch awareness march against UPA in northeast
June 11th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, June 11 (IANS) The opposition BJP would undertake a mass awareness march across the northeastern region from June 23 to sensitise people about the UPA government's alleged corruption ... Read more...
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Mamata inducts five Congress ministers
June 3rd, 2011 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The two-week-old Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal was expanded Friday with the swearing in of five ministers of state from the Congress.Abu Naser Khan ... Read more...
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Pritam mulls suing songwriter
June 3rd, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 2 (IANS) Composer Pritam Chakraborty Thursday said he may take legal action against songwriter Turkish Mohammed Azam who filed a case against him for allegedly plagiarising his ... Read more...
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Left workers’ aid for ailing Congress leader
May 28th, 2011 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 28 (IANS) In a rare gesture, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Saturday donated money for the ... Read more...
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Celebrities, intellectuals optimistic as Mamata takes charge
May 20th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) There was an air of optimism among celebrities and intellectuals here as Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee took charge as the first woman chief ... Read more...
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FICCI leader Amit Mitra, Kolkata mayor win
May 13th, 2011 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) Leading economist and secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FCCI) Amit Mitra won the West Bengal assembly election beating state ... Read more...
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Congress achieves a hat-trick in Assam (Lead)
May 13th, 2011 - 3:33 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, May 13 (IANS) The Congress is all set to form the government in Assam for the third straight term with the main opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and ... Read more...
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